Read Steven Cahn and Maureen Eckert’s Introduction to their anthology of essays on the philosophy of David Foster Wallace, FREEDOM AND THE SELF.

FREEDOM AND THE SELF is an anthology of essays engaging directly with David Foster Wallace’s challenge to Richard Taylor’s famous argument for fatalism, published in FATE, TIME, AND LANGUAGE. In today’s post, read an excerpt and watch videos that set the stage for our feature on FREEDOM AND THE SELF by explaining DFW’s philosophical work from FATE, TIME, AND LANGUAGE.